London – the final conference
There had been so many highs and lows in the story of Confederation since 1864. What with the Fenian raid, the resignation of George...
Local settlement in 1818: The Banished Briton
Few people today, other than historians, know the name of Robert Gourlay. But, for a few years after the end of the War of...
A tale of two Buildings
by Tricia Habberjam
The year is 1874. Alexander Mackenzie is Prime Minister of Canada, and a new crushed limestone building is completed at 15 Water...
10 Water Street, Oxford Mills, Ontario
Every house has story: a tale of families who built it, lived in it, raised families and filled it with life. The house in...
A Canadian Railroad Trilogy: Part 1
The revolution, which was to change Oxford-on-Rideau and South Gower Townships forever, began very quietly indeed. It happened in the House of Assembly in...
Vigorous encouragement
The story of Confederation had reached a dead end. New Brunswick had voted against the entire scheme, and, without New Brunswick as a physical...
Kemptville District Hospital at the Crossroads 1960- 2024, part 2
by Lynne Clifford-Ward, KDH Foundation
The Kemptville District Hospital Foundation is in the process of raising $2.2 million to bring a CT Scanner to the...
Minerals and Treaties
The British and Canadian Crown has many reasons for entering into treaties with the Indigenous peoples, none of them for the benefit of the...
HERITAGE WEEK 2024
This is Heritage Week 2024 in Ontario and this is our annual Heritage issue of the Times. The focus this year is on two...
The cost of living in Wolford in 1818
Life in the Wolford area in 1818 was not as primitive as one might think. There were three mills for grinding grain, four mills...